The night passed silently.
The next morning, Jokichi woke up early.
Brushed his teeth, washed his face, ate breakfast.
While eating, Jokichi thought about how to spend this month.
His first thought was training.
With Sage Mode, whether learning S-rank ninjutsu or practicing the Senjutsu inherited from Mount Myoboku, both were possible.
However, Ino will probably come looking for me to hang out!
Although Ino would definitely understand if he refused, sadness would be inevitable.
As a man, making the woman he loves sad would be too much of a failure.
Sigh! Women are a hindrance to business!
Jokichi sighed deeply, then got up to clear the dishes.
Soon, everything was done.
Jokichi pushed open the dojo's main door. Fresh air from outside rushed in, instantly making him feel refreshed.
In the courtyard, the Tool Person had already swept it clean, leaving no trace of the fight to be seen.
And it itself was hugging the broom, head lowered, leaning against the corner of the wall, looking very profound.
However, that palm-sized toy image would never make one associate it with being profound; they would only think this figurine was very interesting.
Jokichi smiled, stored the Tool Person into the system space, and prepared to go out.
He'd go to Training Ground 39 to train first. If Ino came looking for him, they could go hang out together then.
However, just as he opened the courtyard door, he bumped straight into Naruto.
"Naruto?" Jokichi looked at him in confusion.
"Why aren't you training, what are you looking for me for?"
"I'm here to ask you to help me train."
Saying that, Naruto gave a ninety-degree bow to Jokichi. "Jokichi, please help me train!"
"Wait..." Jokichi waved his hands repeatedly, puzzled.
"Why aren't you asking Captain Yamato to help you train, why come to me?"
"I went to look for Yamato-sensei yesterday."
Naruto scratched his cheek, saying somewhat embarrassedly, "Yamato-sensei gave me a piece of chakra induction paper and had me test what my affinity was. After testing it, he said 'You can't learn the things I know', and told me to come find you."
"..."
Jokichi was speechless.
This guy Yamato was treating him as a Tool Person.
However, he indeed couldn't teach Naruto.
The training process for a general ninja is to undergo basic physical and ninjutsu training at the Ninja Academy, and then further improve the skills of condensing and controlling chakra.
Which is the tree climbing and water walking training.
After completing these two types of training, an individual's condensation and control of chakra will be greatly improved. Using the same ninjutsu can achieve different effects, and they can also learn more difficult, powerful ninjutsu.
However, Yamato only knew Water Release, Earth Release, and Wood Release. He didn't know high-level ninjutsu that didn't require elemental affinity.
And Naruto's chakra affinity was Wind, so he naturally couldn't teach him.
"...Alright, come with me."
After thinking for a while, Jokichi agreed to Naruto's request.
The direction of this world had diverged from the original in many ways. Without Ebisu teaching Naruto water walking, he might not necessarily run into Jiraiya.
If left alone, who knows what the future will turn into.
At the very least, if he didn't train properly this month, he would absolutely not be Gaara's match.
Moreover, he also had something he wanted to confirm with the Nine-Tails.
...
Jokichi brought Naruto to the waterfall hot spring in the back mountain.
There weren't many buildings here, and very few people.
If he was going to teach Naruto to learn about the Nine-Tails' chakra, this place was the most suitable.
Moreover, Jiraiya was also wandering around this area.
He hoped Naruto could bump into Jiraiya like in the anime.
This way, he wouldn't have to teach him himself.
They didn't go up the mountain, but stayed by the river downstream.
Jokichi looked at Naruto and said, "Naruto, the tree climbing and water walking you learned before are actually training to suppress and control chakra. The goal is to be able to better control ninjutsu."
"But everyone has their own strengths, and training needs to be based on personal strengths. This way, you can get twice the result with half the effort."
"Your stamina far exceeds an ordinary person's. You should focus your training in the direction of expanding or outputting chakra. This way, your chakra will far exceed others, and you will be able to use many times more ninjutsu than others."
"So what should I do?"
Naruto scratched his head somewhat impatiently. He only understood one sentence of what Jokichi said.
If I do as he says, I can have very strong chakra and use a lot of ninjutsu.
Jokichi also saw this, so he didn't elaborate on this aspect, but brought up another matter.
"Naruto, you should already know that the Nine-Tails is sealed inside your body, right!"
Naruto froze, then became tense.
He didn't know how Jokichi knew about this, but he knew Jokichi's parents were killed by the Nine-Tails, and worried that he would hate him for knowing this.
Secretly glancing at Jokichi and seeing no change in his expression, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he doesn't.
"Mhm." Naruto nodded. "Does it have anything to do with this training?"
"This training is to help you learn to use the Nine-Tails' power."
"Use the Nine-Tails' power?" Naruto's face was full of question marks.
"You usually feel it too, right." Jokichi said. "During crises or when you are particularly angry, a special power helps you."
"...Seems like it!"
"That is the Nine-Tails' chakra."
"The Eight Trigrams Sealing Style that seals the Nine-Tails lets the Nine-Tails' chakra leak out little by little, and then merges to become your own chakra. Over a long period of time like this, you will be able to possess powerful chakra."
"However, that is just normal, steady enhancement. When you encounter danger and your emotions are particularly agitated, a large amount of the Nine-Tails' chakra will leak out."
"Therefore, if you can learn to control a large amount of Nine-Tails' chakra, you can become very strong."
"What do I need to do to control a large amount of Nine-Tails' chakra?"
"Encounter danger, or..."
Jokichi smiled lightly, pointing his finger at Naruto's forehead, laughing, "Have the Nine-Tails actively give you its chakra to use."
After speaking, he held his left hand in front of his chest and formed a seal.
Before Naruto could fully process what Jokichi's sentence meant, he found the world spinning in front of him, and the two of them arrived in a dim sewer.
"This is?"
Naruto looked left and right at the environment, a look of confusion on his face.
"This is your mental space." Jokichi explained, "Don't resist me, or I'll be kicked out by you. This level of mental invasion cannot resist the owner's will."
"Although I don't know how to do the resisting you mentioned, how could I possibly resist you!" Naruto said sincerely.
I was just afraid you'd suddenly go crazy and want to throw me out, so I warned you in advance.
Jokichi complained internally.
He nodded and said, "You should be able to feel something calling you, right!"
"Mhm, over there."
"Then let's head over, the Nine-Tails is over there."
"Alright, I also want to see just what kind of appearance this Nine-Tails, who made me suffer so miserably, has."
The two walked forward together.
In the dim environment, only the sounds of the two walking and water dripping echoed.